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25th
Session of the UNEP Governing Council/
Global Ministerial Environment Forum
(GC-25/GMEF) 16-20
February 2009 | Nairobi, Kenya
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Highlights
for Tuesday, 17 February 2009
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On Tuesday morning,
GC-25/GMEF delegates convened in ministerial consultations and the Committee of the Whole (COW). In the afternoon, deliberations continued in the COW and in three parallel ministerial roundtable discussions on the theme: “Global crises: national chaos? Towards a green economy.” Two contact groups, on the budget and programme of work for 2010-2011 and chemicals management, also met throughout the day. The drafting group on state of the environment and environmental law convened in the afternoon.
Above photo: Painting by Jerrika C. Shi,
depicting the consequences of climate
change.
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MINISTERIAL CONSULTATIONS:
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| Nick Gowing
moderated the panel discussion on ‘Global crises: national chaos?’ Towards a green economy. |
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| Pavan
Sukdev, Green Economy Initiative |
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Hasan
Mahmud, State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh |
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Jacqueline
Cramer, Minister for Environment and Space, the Netherlands |
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Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker,
Co-Chair of International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management |
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| Sigmar
Gabriel, Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety,
Germany |
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Stanislav
Ananiev, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Russian Federation |
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Byung-Wook
Lee, Vice Minister for Environment, the Republic of Korea |
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David
Foster, Blue-Green Alliance, USA |
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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE:
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| Afternoon
session of the Committee of the Whole (COW). |
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AROUND THE BREEZEWAYS:
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GC-25
Related Links
UNEP
website for the 25th Session of the Governing Council/ Global
Ministerial Environment Forum
Official
GC-25 Documents: Working documents
Official
GC-25 Documents: Information documents
Notification
by the Executive Director
Overview
of GC/GMEF
Information
for Participants
Pre-Session Events
Official
website: 10th
Global Civil Society Forum (GCSF-10)
Network
of Women Ministers and Leaders for the Environment (NWMLE)
Exhibition:
Green Technology Tent
Links to IISD RS Resources
IISD
RS coverage of the 10th Session of the Global Civil Society Forum
(GCSF-10) 14-15 February 2009, Nairobi, Kenya
IISD
RS coverage of the 10th
Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial
Environment Forum (GCSS-10/GMEF), 20-22 February 2007, Principality of
Monaco
IISD
RS coverage of the 9th
Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial
Environment Forum (GCSS-10/GMEF), 4-9 February 2006, Dubai, United
Arab Emirates
IISD
RS coverage of the GC-24,
4-9 February 2007, Nairobi, Kenya
IISD
RS coverage of the GC-23,
21-25 February 2005, Nairobi, Kenya
IISD
RS coverage of meetings on Biodiversity and Wildlife
IISD
RS coverage of meetings on Chemicals Management
IISD
RS coverage of meetings on Climate and Atmosphere
Linkages
Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable
development news
MEA
Bulletin - Newsletter on key MEAs and their secretariats
CLIMATE-L
- News and information on the actions of international organizations
in responding to the problem of global climate change
Linkages
Africa - Fortnightly newsletter reporting on sustainable
development events in Africa
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